The Beggar's Opera (1728)

Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch
Author
John Gay
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Musical
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£77,752 19s 7d £50,503 1s 6d (65%) £27,249 18s 1d (35%)
1732 - 1809
£77,752 19s 7d - (100%) £50,503 1s 6d (65%) £27,249 18s 1d (35%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
777 470 307
1732 - 1809
777 470 307
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
31 Dec 1791 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Blue Beard, Hornpipe No No No £221 19s 35% N/A
09 May 1792 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Love in a Camp, Hornpipe, Black-Eyed Susan No No Yes £399 6s 37% N/A
02 Jun 1792 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Barataria or Sancho Turned Governor, Hornpipe, Imitations No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Sep 1792 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Barnaby Brittle, Hornpipe No No No £61 8s 6d 26% N/A
10 May 1793 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Sailor's Festival or All Alive at Portsmouth, Catherine and Petruchio, Hornpipe, Black-Eyed Susan No No Yes £458 9s 61% N/A
12 Oct 1793 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin's Chaplet, Hornpipe, The Town and Harbour of Toulon No No No £243 7s 6d 100% N/A
19 Oct 1793 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Follies of a Day, Hornpipe No No No £217 1s 6d 100% N/A
16 Nov 1793 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Hornpipe, The Town and Harbour of Toulon, Barnaby Brittle No No No £201 9s 6d 100% N/A
11 Dec 1793 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Hornpipe, The Midnight Hour, Dermot and Kathleen, Dermot and Kathlane No No No £194 10s 100% N/A
18 Jan 1794 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Hornpipe, Harlequin and Faustus No No No £285 19s 6d 100% N/A
31 May 1794 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Hornpipe, The Midnight Hour, Dermot and Kathlane No No Yes £397 16s 6d 16% N/A
06 Feb 1795 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Mayor of Garratt, Hornpipe No No No £174 10s 52% N/A
24 Oct 1795 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Crotchet Lodge, Hornpipe No No No £222 5s 44% N/A
27 Oct 1795 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Crotchet Lodge, Hornpipe No No No £161 18s 6d 36% N/A
04 Dec 1795 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Follies of a Day, Hornpipe No No No £139 15s 37% N/A
03 May 1796 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Catharine and Petruchio, The Point at Herqui, Negro Dance, Old Towler, Admiral Benbow, Hornpipe, Irish Song, Loyal Song, Rondo, Rule Britannia, The Waiter, Tippy Bob, Ye Gentlemen of England No No Yes £288 2s 6d 48% N/A
27 Dec 1796 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin and Oberon, Hornpipe No No No £249 15s 56% N/A
27 May 1797 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Modern Antiques, Hornpipe No No Yes £174 20% N/A
25 Oct 1797 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Honest Thieves, Hornpipe No No No £329 16s 100% N/A
30 Oct 1797 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Harlequin and Oberon, Hornpipe in Fetters, Old Towler No No No £266 47% N/A
21 Nov 1797 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Miser, Hornpipe in Fetters, Old Towler No No No £220 19s 49% N/A
23 Apr 1798 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, Raymond and Agnes, Hornpipe, Spanish Fandango No No Yes £236 3s 6d 36% N/A
21 May 1798 Covent Garden The Raft, The Beggar's Opera, Botheration, Hornpipe (in Fetters), Mr O'Blarney's Description of London No No No £113 13s 6d 27% N/A
29 Nov 1798 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Humourist, Hornpipe No No No £102 17s 7d 19% N/A
01 Dec 1798 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Spoiled Child, Hornpipe No No No £192 1s 6d 41% N/A
11 Dec 1798 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Sylvester Daggerwood, Hornpipe, The Scotch Ghost No No No £159 13s 32% N/A
15 Dec 1798 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Children in the Wood, Hornpipe No No No £153 6s 34% N/A
05 Jul 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Liar, Hornpipe No No Yes £63 7s 6d N/A N/A
18 Sep 1799 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Farm House, Hornpipe in Fetters No No No £263 19s 6d 100% N/A
19 Oct 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Blue Beard, Hornpipe No No No £283 3s 100% N/A
26 Oct 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Apprentice, Hornpipe No No No £221 14s 50% N/A
12 Nov 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The First Floor, Hornpipe No No No £175 18s 6d 39% N/A
17 Dec 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, High Life below Stairs, Hornpipe, The Scotch Ghost, Mock Minuet No No No £189 13s 55% N/A
27 Dec 1799 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Blue Beard, Hornpipe No No No £195 4s 6d 38% N/A
10 Jun 1800 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Guardian, Hornpipe (in Fetters) No No Yes £409 13s 6d N/A N/A
24 Sep 1800 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Spoiled Child No No No £289 100% N/A
06 Oct 1800 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Indian No No No £212 16s 48% N/A
14 Oct 1800 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Who's the Dupe? No No No £184 12s 43% N/A
16 Dec 1800 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner, Robinson Crusoe No No No £151 11s 6d 37% N/A
01 May 1801 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Wedding Day No No No £190 9s 6d 55% N/A
12 Jun 1801 Drury Lane Beggar's Opera, Mock Doctor No No Yes £62 8s N/A N/A
13 Jun 1801 Covent Garden The Beggars' Opera, The Farm House No No Yes £436 2s N/A N/A
04 Nov 1801 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Wedding Day No No No £91 15s 6d 18% N/A
22 Dec 1801 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Humourist No No No £166 3s 6d 50% N/A
09 Jan 1802 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, Don Juan No No No £227 7s 6d 39% N/A
22 Feb 1802 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Follies of a Day No No Yes £514 9s 6d 52% N/A
02 Mar 1802 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Child of Nature No No No £361 12s 60% N/A
04 Mar 1802 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor No No No £356 17s 6d 52% N/A
06 Mar 1802 Covent Garden The Beggar's Opera, The Guardian No No No £289 11s 6d 47% N/A
09 Mar 1802 Drury Lane The Beggar's Opera, The Citizen No No No £265 13s 6d 51% N/A
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